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    Quote Originally Posted by Jill McAuley View Post
    I didn't see a post in this thread where someone said that they'd bought a mandolin because of it's ornamentation, but I'll scroll back and check, maybe I missed that one - I thought this was just a thread about inlays that people liked. Hopefully all the "serious" mandolin players out there aren't judging me too harshly for having inlay of my Beagle on the headstock of my mandolin.
    Hey, who doesn't like a beagle? And after all, it could also serve as homage to all the other "dawgs" out there in Mandolinland...

    Regarding inlays I'd just say that the art of inlay is exactly that... an art unto itself. Frankly I can't imagine Steven Gilchrist meticulously carving his name in elaborate script out of mother-of-pearl. You gotta be pretty damn dedicated to work with that material (or even wood in general) as it can really wreak havoc on the lungs after a while... my hat's off to those who do it so well.

    Fancy woods and inlays are appealing to me in a certain sense... especially one-piece backs. But at the end of the day sound and playability are of primary importance.

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    The first time I visited Tom, he was kind enough to show me a few of his personal instruments which included a black Gibson F4 with a double flowerpot inlay. Later when I decided to order a mandolin, I asked him if he had ever used that inlay on a snakehead.... this beauty was the result. Ellis mandolins sound pretty fine too

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ray(T) View Post
    Anyone else out there who cares more about how a mandolin plays and sounds than how good the bling is?
    I do. But I play Epiphones, and I'm told (once people see them, not when they hear them) how bad they are.

    And yet they sound great.


    Having said that, nice bling on anything is nice....
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    And am I right in believing Orville Gibson was into occultism or spiritualism? And his inlays reflected this?
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    Hi,

    I’ve always loved the look of my Michael Lewis in which he paid homage to the Art Deco movement. He is a great luthier and I hope he getting back to work after a tough time.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Jill McAuley View Post
    I didn't see a post in this thread where someone said that they'd bought a mandolin because of it's ornamentation, but I'll scroll back and check, maybe I missed that one - I thought this was just a thread about inlays that people liked. Hopefully all the "serious" mandolin players out there aren't judging me too harshly for having inlay of my Beagle on the headstock of my mandolin.

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    i love this community

    Thanks for the input gang. The last time I stopped in there were just a couple of responses, which were much appreciated. Today, so much more.
    Instead of using the term "best" i probably really intended to ask for simple, elegant. I do appreciate all of the feedback though. As an aside my favorite guitar model is a D18. That's about as fancy as i git.

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    Tone and playability are first and foremost, but there are some amazing artists building mandolins (and instruments in general) right now, and I totally respect those able to do intricate and beautiful work. I’m a trainable monkey, but I don’t have (or haven’t yet accessed) the artistic compartments of my brain, and, at 46, am not anticipating any “awakenings.”

    Jill, I love your beagle inlay and your music. Thank goodness there’s no “mutual exclusivity” clause stipulating that good sounding instruments can’t also be pretty. I may not be able to create beautiful works of art (my skill sets lie otherwise), but that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate them…
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    I too think the Beagle is fantastic. All of these inlays are magnificent.
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    And just like I admire and appreciate the skill involved in creating beautiful inlay I also admire and appreciate the classic simplicity of an A-jr, a Flatiron pancake, or Martin's 15 and 18 series guitars, but just like "bling" doesn't mean that all effort was put into looks rather than sound, "simplicity" doesn't mean that all effort was put into sound, rather than looks. Judge each instrument on it's individual merits - judging instruments (and people for that matter) on their appearance is never a great idea.
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    Maegen Wells' logo head stock inlays. Simple & Elegant:

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    I love this one!!. It was in this thread a while back

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    This was posted as a recently finished mandolin. The inlay is simple and artistic, I like it.



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    Nice six string mandolin…
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    This one always catches my eye. It's on my F4.
    (But if I cover up the rest of the instrument I feel like I finally have my Loar, at last!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joy Soldier View Post
    This one always catches my eye. It's on my F4.
    (But if I cover up the rest of the instrument I feel like I finally have my Loar, at last!)

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    I always love those coffee- colored tuner buttons but I don’t recall ever seeing them on an F-4, only on A-4s.
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    I always love those coffee- colored tuner buttons but I don’t recall ever seeing them on an F-4, only on A-4s.
    Yes, the brown tuner buttons were standard on Loar-era F4s. Mine is a 1924.

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    I really like the Dawg David McClung did for one of our customers

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    Tracy Cox does a lot of custom inlay for Martin. He makes his own guitars and mandolins as well.
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    This is my definiton of awesome. It's a Mandocello made by Bulas from Poland.

    I hope they won't mind me lifting the pic straight from their facebook-site - but this can be considered free advertising after all

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